Senior Enterprise Principal Architect

Reposted 9 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
145K-218K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Information Technology • Natural Language Processing • Analytics • Consulting • App development • Generative AI
3Cloud is the leading Azure Partner and Microsoft innovator across Data, Apps and Cloud Platform.
The Role
Lead technical direction and solution strategy for complex enterprise modernization pursuits. Drive presales to delivery continuity, advise executives, identify and mitigate architecture and security risks, create reusable reference architectures and roadmaps, and mentor senior technical leaders.
Summary Generated by Built In

Are you looking for a role that motivates and challenges you? Are you ready for an opportunity for growth? Do you want to work on teams where people roll up their sleeves to take on tough problems together, and regularly blow the doors off our clients with their outstanding teamwork? If you answered yes to those questions, 3Cloud might just be for you!

At 3Cloud, we hire people who aren’t afraid to experiment or fail. We hire people who are willing to give direct and candid feedback to their managers, leaders, and team members. We hire people who jump at those opportunities because they care about our collective growth and success. We hire people who challenge and hold each other accountable for living 3Cloud’s core values because they know that it will result in amazing experiences and solutions for our clients and each other.

We are looking for a Senior Enterprise Principal Architect who can set technical direction and lead solution strategy for complex modernization pursuits and programs. This is a senior, client facing role that works directly with executive stakeholders to connect architecture decisions to business outcomes, delivery constraints, and enterprise risk.

You will lead technical win strategy during presales and carry that intent into delivery by ensuring the architecture, roadmap, scope boundaries, and risk mitigations hold up when execution starts. You will operate across multiple strategic accounts and priority pursuits, while also building reusable approaches that improve consistency across teams.
 
This is primarily a matrix leadership role, meaning you lead outcomes across pursuit and delivery teams through influence, executive alignment, and decision ownership without relying on direct line management authority; direct people leadership is not a primary requirement today, but may be available over time for candidates who are interested and demonstrate readiness.
What you will do
Solution shaping and technical win
  • Lead solution shaping and technical win strategy for complex modernization pursuits from discovery through close.
  • Run executive discovery to surface desired outcomes, constraints, nonfunctional requirements, and key risks early.
  • Translate discovery into clear solution options, architecture narratives, and multi year roadmaps with phased transformation plans.
  • Define scope boundaries, assumptions, dependencies, and acceptance criteria to reduce ambiguity at close and kickoff.
  • Identify architectural, security, and feasibility risks during presales and drive specific mitigations into proposals and commercial terms.
Executive advisory and vision setting
  • Serve as a trusted executive technology advisor across strategic accounts.
  • Set credible technology vision and transformation strategy that executives can fund, sequence, and govern.
  • Frame decisions in business terms by clearly explaining options, tradeoffs, and risk.
Architecture and delivery leadership
  • Set technical direction across enterprise modernization spanning applications, cloud platforms, and data and artificial intelligence.
  • Make principled tradeoffs across speed versus quality, custom build versus platform, and innovation versus stability.
  • Step in when decisions are contested or delivery risk rises, restore clarity, and align teams on a path forward.
  • Establish clear decision making under uncertainty using lightweight decision frameworks and written decision records.
Firmwide impact, market presence, and partner leadership
  • Create and scale reference architectures, solution playbooks, and guardrails that improve pursuit speed and delivery consistency.
  • Contribute to consulting offerings and accelerators that are deliverable at scale and aligned with market demand.
  • Provide thought leadership through client forums and executive briefings.
  • Align with Microsoft field teams and partner stakeholders to strengthen joint solutioning and pursuit execution.
  • Mentor senior architects and technical leaders through influence and hands on guidance.
Innovation and horizon scanning
  • Track emerging technology and industry shifts and translate them into practical client options.
  • Turn innovation into clear recommendations, pilot approaches, and phased adoption paths that balance value, risk, and operational readiness.
How success is measured
  • Priority pursuits convert into signed engagements with clear scope, credible architecture, and delivery plan.
  • Reduced late stage deal rework driven by gaps in security, feasibility, or nonfunctional requirements.
  • Strong presales to delivery continuity, reflected in fewer kickoff escalations and fewer contested commitments.
  • Multi year roadmaps and transformation strategies are adopted and actively used by strategic accounts.
  • Reusable patterns and playbooks are adopted across multiple teams and clients.
  • Strong partner impact through joint pursuits and effective Microsoft field alignment.
Required qualifications
  • Proven experience leading solution shaping and technical win strategy for complex modernization pursuits, from discovery through close.
  • Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure architecture, including enterprise scale adoption, governance, security, and integration.
  • Experience setting technical direction for enterprise modernization across applications, cloud platforms, and data, including governance and operating model implications.
  • Demonstrated ability to surface architectural, security, and feasibility risks early and drive clear mitigations into proposals and plans.
  • Strong executive communication skills with the ability to translate technical decisions into business impact, constraints, and risk.
  • Track record resolving contested decisions and restoring momentum when ambiguity rises.
  • Experience leading through matrix influence across account, engineering, security, and delivery stakeholders.
  • Willingness to travel up to 25 percent as needed.
  • Maintain, or be willing to obtain and maintain, relevant professional certifications.
Preferred qualifications
  • Experience with hybrid environments and additional cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform.
  • Experience shaping consulting offerings, accelerators, or platforms that improved win rate or delivery consistency.
  • Experience presenting in executive forums, steering committees, or board level settings.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At 3Cloud we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.
At this time, we cannot sponsor applicants for work visas.

This Job Posting will expire on Monday, May 25th, 2026.


 

3Cloud Total Rewards Highlights Include:  

  • Flexible work location with a virtual first approach to work! 
  • 401(K) with match up to 50% of your 6% contributions of eligible pay 
  • Generous PTO providing a minimum of 15 days in addition to 9 paid company holidays and 2 floating personal days  
  • Two medical plan options to allow you the choice to elect what works best for you!
  • Option for vision and dental coverage 
  • 100% employer paid coverage for life and disability insurance
  • Paid leave for birth parents and non-birth parents 
  • Option for Healthcare FSA, HSA, and Dependent Care FSA
  • $67.00 monthly tech and home office allowance
  • Utilization and/or discretionary bonus eligibility based on role 
  • Employee Assistance Program to help with everyday challenges

3Cloud offers competitive compensation. In addition to base pay employees are eligible to receive an annual discretionary/utilization bonus. If you are hired at 3Cloud your final base salary is based on factors such as skills, education, experience and/or geographic location. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above includes the full base salary range for the role. It is not typical for offers to be made at or near the top of the range.

Base Salary Range
$145,200$217,800 USD

Don’t meet every single requirement? At 3Cloud we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

At this time, we cannot sponsor applicants for work visas.

Skills Required

  • Proven experience leading solution shaping and technical win strategy for complex modernization pursuits, from discovery through close.
  • Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure architecture, including enterprise scale adoption, governance, security, and integration.
  • Experience setting technical direction for enterprise modernization across applications, cloud platforms, and data, including governance and operating model implications.
  • Demonstrated ability to surface architectural, security, and feasibility risks early and drive clear mitigations into proposals and plans.
  • Strong executive communication skills with the ability to translate technical decisions into business impact, constraints, and risk.
  • Track record resolving contested decisions and restoring momentum when ambiguity rises.
  • Experience leading through matrix influence across account, engineering, security, and delivery stakeholders.
  • Willingness to travel up to 25 percent as needed.
  • Maintain, or be willing to obtain and maintain, relevant professional certifications.
  • Experience with hybrid environments and additional cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform.
  • Experience shaping consulting offerings, accelerators, or platforms that improved win rate or delivery consistency.
  • Experience presenting in executive forums, steering committees, or board level settings.

3Cloud Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about 3Cloud and has not been reviewed or approved by 3Cloud.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Base pay is characterized as competitive for U.S. Azure consulting roles, with employer-posted role bands aligning to market levels for mid-to-senior positions. Recent commentary includes references to “competitive salary” and instances of “above market compensation.”
  • Flexible Benefits A remote-first setup with strong work-from-home flexibility is emphasized, including a home-office/Wi‑Fi stipend. Flexibility and work–life balance are consistently highlighted as standout aspects of the package.
  • Healthcare Strength Core medical, dental, and vision coverage is provided through established carriers with HSA/FSA availability and an EAP, and income protection is employer-paid. Preventive care coverage and access to a broad network indicate a comprehensive health offering.

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The Company
HQ: Downers Grove, IL
880 Employees
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

Hi, we’re 3Cloud. We help advise, architect, build, and optimize our client’s Azure cloud environment to transform their business. 3Cloud has been acknowledged as Microsoft’s 2024 Partner of the Year for Data & AI and we are positioned in the market for continued accelerated growth. Our team of industry experts work to build new solutions and solve our client’s most complex challenges. 3Cloud’s commitment to excellence and innovation allows team members to contribute to something bigger than themselves, creating an impact they can be proud of. We are always looking for new team members who love a challenge, are passionate about clients, and thrive on the pace of change in the cloud.

Why Work With Us

Three things make 3Cloud special: 1) we are laser-focused on Azure, loving the rapid pace that Microsoft drives on that platform; 2) we have a culture of deep technical excellence, and we challenge each other to innovate; and 3) we have a matchless connection with Microsoft’s field and engineering teams, giving our teams insights and cool projects.

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